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1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crash

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1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crash


1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crash

The 1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crash was an air disaster that occurred on 17 February 1959, near London Gatwick Airport to a Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount Type 793 (registration TC-SEV) on an international charter flight from Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, to London Heathrow Airport United Kingdom, carrying the Turkish prime minister and a party of government officials. The Viscount crashed in a wood 3 miles (4.8 km) from the threshold of Gatwick runway during its final approach to land in extensive fog. 5 of the 8 crew and 9 of the 16 passengers died in the crash. The prime minister was among the ten survivors.

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